馬聖龍:
琵琶演奏家、指揮家馬聖龍，一九三四年出生於上海一工人家庭，二○○三年病逝於上海。自幼在父親影響下學習江南絲竹。一九五○年，隨瞿東森習琵琶演奏。一九五一年，在上海楊浦區的絲竹活動中認識了陸春齡、周惠、周皓等人，常與之合樂而成為「清客串」，四人之「老搭檔」，今已被譽為江南絲竹「四大名宿」。一九五二年十月，馬氏等四人同入上海民族樂團，並任琵琶首席。一九五九年，兼任上海音樂學院琵琶教師，一九六○年，任上海民族樂團學館琵琶教師，一九七八年起，任該團專職指揮多年。早於一九五八年，其處女作，著名的琵琶曲《歡樂的日子》面世，次年又與顧冠仁合作，創作民族管弦樂作品《東海漁歌》，至今仍為海內外中樂團體常演奏之曲目。
MA Sheng-long
In 1934, pipa performer, conductor, Ma Sheng-long was born in a Shanghai-worker’s family. In 1950, he learned the pipa from JU Dong-sen. In 1951, He played music together with LU Chun-ling, ZHOU Hui and ZHOU Hao. Later on they often gathered together and to be treated as “Four Famous Elders”. In October, 1952, MA and his three friends joined the Shanghai Traditional Orchestra and he became the pipa principal of the orchestra. In 1959, he was the pipa teacher of the Shanghai Conservatory. In 1960, he was the pipa teacher of the learning center of Shanghai Traditional Orchestra. In 1958, He composed his maiden work, the famous pipa piece Happy Day. On the next year, he composed together with GU Guan-ren, a famous orchestral work Fishermen’s song on Eastern Sea. Until now, this piece is still be performed by many orchestra. In 2003, MA Sheng-long died of illness in Shanghai.